Lost

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Eric Likes to fish from a kayak on warm summer days.

We are going down. All I can hear is my own breathing. All I can think is I am going to die. Then it all goes black. When I finally wake up all I can feel is soft sand and small waves brushing my feet. I try to get up but then fall back down. Then I hear a single voice.

“You’re awake,” the booming voice declares.

I hear myself say, “Where is everyone?” then I think who is everyone? It all comes flooding back into my mind. I see the prop plane, or at least what is left of it. I get up and try to run over to it then fall again.

The guy that I heard before yells to me, “No point, they are all dead.”

I run to the plane anyway where there are two bodies, the pilot and someone else that I did not get to know.

“Where is Xavier?!” I yell.

“The tail of the plane broke off. It must have been Xavier that went with it”. Nic answers

It has been six months since that day.

Lucas day 180

It is had been hard to find food and no hope of rescue.

I found my fishing line and I have tried to make a rod

but, they always break. Still no sign of Xavier. I am

close to death of starvation.

Everyday I walk around the island. It is about 2-3 miles around. I can't go to far inland because of how close the trees are together. Today was no different except for the red tide.

About two miles in to the walk I feel a stab of pain in the heel of my right foot. I move my foot away and see a sharp stick. I grab it to throw it into the ocean, but it won't budge. I dig around it and pull again. This time it moves but not up, instead to the side like a lever. Then I hear a big rumble. A small slab had just fallen into the ground from what had once looked like a cliff . Where the slab once was there is a hallway. I quickly run back to the plane to find Nic.

“Nic, I found a weird creepy place. Want to explore it?”

“Ya, be right there Lucas.”

By early afternoon, we enter the hallway. Farther into the hallway there are prison cells, and one still had a rotting body in it.

“Shizz this place is creepy,” Nic says.

“Nic, it is not that bad,” I respond.

Even farther in there is a control room. After the control room the hallway split, so I go one way and Nic goes the other way. At the end of the hallway there was a door labeled “Armory”. In the armory there are guns and other weapons. I sprint back and go to find Nic. Nic is just coming back from a hallway labeled “Food”. Then I see what Nic is carrying.

“FOOD!” I yell excitedly.

“Let’s eat, there is plenty.”

For the next twenty or so minutes we sit in the hallway and eat all the food we can. After we are done we go down the unexplored hallway labeled “Dock and Hangar”. We end up in a massive room. On one side there is a old U-boat, and on the other side there is a old military Warthog two-seater that still has bombs attached to it.

“Go explore the submarine. I will explore the plane.”

“Ok, but I am not going in the submarine.”

“Fine with me, but we need to find a way to get these out of the hangar if we don't want to die on this island.”

We split up and search for tools and maybe a way to open the big hangar door. It doesn't take long before I find a big lever with the word “Hangar” above it. So with all my force I pull on the lever, and when I finally get it to move, I hear a loud screeching and I see a huge garage door opening to reveal a lot of big rocks.

“Wait - whaa!?!?” Nic says

“I think we need some explosives” I say

“I found an armory earlier and there was some C4”

Soon we were back in the hanger with the explosives.

“How do these things work?” Nic asks

“I think that we put the button in the place that we want to blow up and then press the C4,” I say sarcastically.

“Ok, so put the C4 in the rocks and then take cover and then press the button” Nic says

First time we only used one pack of C4 and only some rocks get destroyed and others only move slightly.

“Nic, I think we should use more of the C4 this time.” I say

“Sounds like fun to me!” Nic responds

BANG! This time it removes almost all of the rocks.

“Dang, we should have tried to find earmuffs.” Nic says

“Agreed.” I respond

We both start laughing.

“It feels so good to laugh again, am I right or am I right?” I ask

“I think you are right.” Nic responds

It only takes a couple more packs of C4 to finish clearing the rocks.

“Have you checked if the plane even works yet?” Nic asks

“No, and taking off the bombs would be too dangerous” I respond

“Well then, the U-boat thingy is nowhere near the size of a normal U-boat.”Nic says

“I see that.” I say

“It is able to fit no more then five people in it. now let’s see if this plane will work.” Nic says

“I think we need a ladder to get in, and what about keys?” I say

“Planes don’t need keys Lucas, and the ladder is over there against the wall” Nic tells me

I bring the ladder over and Nic climbs into the cockpit, presses a couple buttons, flips some switches. Then I hear a faint whirring of the engine, and then it stops.

“It’s broken” Nic says

“What about the mini U-boat?” I say

“I already told you, Lucas, I am not getting in that thing unless I have to.” Nic says

“Fine, I will.” I say

I run over to the mini U-boat and look into it. There are some metal seats. I quickly get over my fear and hop in.

Inside a submarine is weird, but the controls are simple In this one. There is the speed thing, a steering wheel and a transceiver radio. I quickly climb out of the mini U-boat and on to the dock.

“Everything is intact, but have you found a way to get this thing out of this place?” I say

“No.” Nic says

“Ok, maybe we should just use the plane.” I say

Nic day 270

We have found a plane and we finally got it running.

I am happy for learning how to fly because that skill

will hopefully get us off the Island. We also found a

place with beds to sleep and medical supplies. We

will survive this Island and get home safe. If I don't

survive this then my friend Lucas will give you this

notebook.

Tomorrow is the big day that we escape and go home. Today I start my day with my walk around the island. About halfway around the island I see a small raft with a body that seems familiar. And then I realize why it seems so familiar.

“XAVIER!”

I run over and see that he is unconscious. I drag him all the way back to the military base and find Nic to tell him the good news. Once we get back to where I left Xavier, he is gone. We spend the rest of the day searching the island and can't find him. Later that night I wake up to footsteps right by Nic’s bed. I get up and see Xavier standing over Nic with a knife. I jump at Xavier, but he moves out of the way and I land on Nic. Nic wakes up in a rush.

“WHAT WAS THAT???” Nic yelled.

“Xavier was about to kill you, Nic!”

Right then, we hear the sound of the engine of the Warthog turning on. We both sprint out of the room and into the hangar just to see our way to escape the island was escaping us.

“I hope that he makes it back at least” I say

Just as I say that we hear a huge bang and see a big ball of fire where the plane once was. I drop to my knees and start crying. We just got him back, just for him to die and try to kill Nic.

“If he at least made it back then he could tell my family where we are and that we are still alive.”

“Lucas, he tried to kill me.”

“I don’t care!” I scream.

I can't stand another moment. I run away still crying.

In the morning I walk back to find Nic. I find him in the submarine.

“You finally came back.” Nic says

“What are you doing?”

“I am loading the submarine with food and water so we can leave this island”

“Did you find a way to get it out of here?”

“Yes.”

“Need any help?”

“All done, you ready to go home?”

“I have been for nine months now.”

“Then let's go.”

We both hop in the mini submarine and I see a map.

“Where did you find the map?”

“In the control room.”

“Well, at least we will know where we are going.”

“I found cards if we get bored. It is a three day journey.”

Nic jumps into the driver's seat and starts it up.

We have been in the submarine for two and a half days I have played 108 games of solitaire and only won 13 times. I had driven the submarine for 30 hours and Nic is driving now. About an hour ago we got some sound from the transceiver radio and it is now crackling to life again but this time it sounded like someone talking. Nic grabs the talking piece.

“Hello can anyone hear me?”

“Yes and you and you are scaring my fish”

“Nic bring the submarine to the surface and do not destroy the persons boat.” I tell Nic

Nic brings the submarine to the surface and we open the hatch. The boat is right next to us. I climb onto the boat and tell the guy how we got here and found the submarine. The boat is a big fishing boat for catching tuna or sharks.

“Can you bring us home”

“Yes and we should bring the submarine back too. One of you can hop back in the submarine and we can hook it up you just need to add some throttle to get us back faster”

When we got back to land the next morning when I woke up I was in my bed at home. I jump out of bed and land on someone. I look down and see xavier’s face. He grabs my leg.

“Get off of me”

“You died how are you talking to me”

“No, I did not die”

“Don't you remember the plane crash, the island and you trying to kill Nic”

“You must of had a bad dream now get to bed it is five in the morning”

I get back in bed and realize it was only a dream, Or was It.